BRAZIL · ECONOMY
Friday, May 29, 2026 — 17:00 BRT — By Sofia Gabriela Martinez
Key Facts
—The headline: The Brazil state-owned companies deficit reached 5.9 billion reais ($1.17bn) cumulatively through April 2026, already surpassing the full 2025 deficit of roughly 5.1 billion reais ($1.01bn).
—The April reading: State-owned enterprises posted a single-month deficit of 1.781 billion reais ($354mn) in April per BCB Fiscal Statistics data, with most of the cumulative weakness concentrated in January.
